JOSEPH BRECK & SONS 
_ (Corporation). 
MISCELLANEOUS REQUISITES. 
Baskets, Verbena. Wood or wire handles. Standard size per ioo, $2.00; per 1000, $iS.oo. Large size: 12 
in. long, 7 in. wide, 4 in. deep, per 100, $3.00; 1000, $25.00. 
Caps, Hay, Breck’s Improved, brown, medicated, complete with ropes and pins, 50 cts. each; $45.00 per \ jo. 
Color, Improved Butter, Well's Richardson & Co,’s imparts the “golden tint ot June” to butter at all season# 
of the year. Bottles sufficient for 500 lbs., 25 cts.; 1250 lbs., 50 cts.; 3000, $1.00. 
Color, Hanson’s Butter, a universal favorite, bottles, 25 cts., 50 cts., and $1.00 each. 
Cotton Batting, for packing flowers, etc., per sheet, 6 cts. 
Mats, Archangel, an excellent light covering for frames, hotbeds, etc., 75 cts. each. 
Mats, Straw tor hotbeds, etc., 6x6, $1.50 each. Other sizes to order. 
Paper, Waxed, for packing flowers, per lb., 30 cts. 
Paper, White, for packing flowers, etc., per lb., 10 cts. 
Paper, Wrapping, strong manilla, per lb., 8 cts. 
Paper, Tarred, for using with tree ink, in rolls about 50 lbs., per lb., 4 ct6. 
Protectors, Arlington Plant, protects from bugs, borers and fowls, also subdues wind, 
rain and cold, 15 cts. each ; doz., $1.50. 
Protecting Cloth for Hot Beds, used as a substitute for glass for protecting plants in 
early spring, in pieces of 40 yards, 10 cts. per yard. 
Putty Bulbs, a simple and useful device for applying putty to sashes, $1.00 each. 
Roffea, a strong and cheap material for tying plants, per lb., 30 cts. 
Sprinklers. Scollay’s Rubber, an indispen¬ 
sable article for showering plants, 
sprinkling bou q u e t s, dampening 
clothes, etc; three sizes, 50 cts., 75 cts., and $1.00 each. 
Sashes for Hot Beds. Extra well made from thoroughly seasoned 
lumber, frame 1% in. 3x6 ft., $2.25; 1% in., 3x6 ft., $2.40 
each. Unpainted and unglazed sashes, from $1.15 to $1.35 
each 
Sieves, Wire. For preparing potting soil, sifting loam, gravel» 
etc., from 16 to 20 inches diameter, 85 cts. to $1.50 each. 
Stakes, Cane, These are light, strong and durable. They vary in length from 6 to 10 ft. 
much, and cut them to any desired length. $:.oo per 100; $4.00 per 500. 
Stakes, Unpainted Hardwood. These are specially adapted for florists’ use. They are neat and strong, 2 ft., 
per 100, 25 cts. ; per 1000, $ 1 -75 > 3 ft*, P er IO °, 3 ° cts., per 1000, $2.25 ; 4 ft., per 100, 45 cts. , per 1000, $3.00. 
Silkaline. Used by florists for growing Smilax and Asparagus on, also for tying in bouquet work, per reel, 25 cts. 
Soil, Prepared Potting. Rotted Fibrous Peat, Leaf Mould, 50 cts. per pk., $1.00 per bu., $2.00 per bbl. 
Sphagnum Moss. $1.00 per bu., $2.00 per bbl. 
Tinfoil, for bouquets. Per lb., 15 cts. 
Twine, soft, for tying cut flowers, vines, etc. Per ball, 25 cts. 
Twine, Parceling, all sizes. Per ball, 10 to 25 cts. 
Tape, Electric. Exceedingly useful for mending Rubber Hose. It is a strong, adhesive ribbon, three 
quarters of an inch wide, can be wound tightly around a leaking part and thus stop it. Per coil, 25 and 50 cts. 
Wire, Bouquet, Nos. 23 and 24. Per stone, $1.50. 
Wax, Grafting, (Trowbridge’s), the best in the market. This brand should not be confounded with the many 
cheap makes now offered, that are not possessed of an even consistency, and give unsatisfactory results. 
Put up in 1 lb., % lb. and ^ lb. pkgs., price 40 cts., 25 cts., and 15 cts., respectively. 
Nos. 1 2 3 5 6 78 13 14 15 
Zinc Labels . . Price per 100, $2.00 $1.30 $1.70 $1.70 $1.00 $0.90 $1.30 $1.00 $0.75 $i.o Q 
Mastica. For Glazing Greenhouses, new or old. Elastic, adhesive, easy to apply. Every florist has 
experienced difficulty in obtaining putty (whether ordinary or white lead), for glazing, that is satisfactory 
for any length of time. After much study the inventor of “Mastica” decided that the composition must 
be of different materials from that used heretofore for this purpose, must be elastic and tenacious, and 
these qualities must be retained to admit of expansion and contraction without cracking. This result has been 
reached in “ Mastica ” which, when applied, in a few hours forms a skin or film on the entire mass hermetically 
sealing the substance and preventing the evaporating of the liquids, and remains in a soft, pliable and elastic 
condition for years. The use of “ Mastica ” avoids the necessity of repeatedly re-glazing the houses, saving 
much time and expense. With “ Mastica” can bed in or use on the outside, with a machine. Broken glass can 
be easily removed and replaced by new without the breakage of other glass, which usually occurs with hard 
putty. One gallon will cover about 290 running feet (one side). Put up in gallons, $1.00; half gallons, 60 cts.; 
quarter gallons, 35 cts. 
“ T used your seeds last year , and found 
them to he the best. I got first prize at the 
Union Agricultural Society's Exhibit on 
your Stone Mason Cabbage." 
C. M. Phelps, Illand ford, Mass. 
“ I received your 1896 Catalogue to-day. 
I wish to say that the dealings I have had 
with you have been pleasant and profitable 
to me. I shall want about $10.00 worth of 
seeds." A. I,. Ward , Milo, Me. 
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